Comparison Of Gish Jen, George Orwell And Isabel Allende

Being a life long daydreamer myself, I can relate to these authors. I have never written much but jokes, but I have for my whole life often felt I should be a writer. My mind often comes up with interesting subjects that people would like to read, so I make up a bunch of stories that are interesting to hear but are never read because I don’t write them down. Then stories get dull after time goes by I often forget most of the interesting aspects that would keep some ones attention on my story; I should write them down. After reading these articles by both of the authors I understood myself writing in ways I never would have before reading the articles. Both their wayward differences on how they came up with their ideas definitely have made me more easily relate to becoming a better writer. George Orwell worked at places he was never really fit for as an author. I too have worked at places that would never help me become a writer, not to mention surrounding my life in situations that would never allow my mind to succumb to good writing. Joan Didion was often staring at blank pages for a long amount of time. Joan finally wandered on to something, coming up with anything and everything that doesn’t have to do with what she was even trying to write about. There again I can definitely relate. So many thoughts cross through my mind about so many senseless subjects about anything and everything that doesn’t have to do with

An author’s writing style expresses a different view to their story. Many authors vary in their writing style is shown in the story My First Free Summer, the poem Exile, the poem All American Girl and the short story Antojos. Alvarez’s writing style consists of many factors because she uses imagery, figurative language, and point of view to convey a theme.

My assignment three for English 250 is about rhetorical analyzing a text from the Culture book.

The purpose of rhetorical question is to gain the reader’s attention so that they can start thinking about

Identify and name any rhetorical devices used by the author. If none exist, explain how you determined this.

For example, Cose employs many rhetorical questions. He begins the essay by asking what the meaning and denotation of a noose is during times when lynching is no longer practiced or considered ethical. This rhetorical question starts the essay because it introduces the topic and allows the audience to take their stance.

What effect did the author intent for his readers to have through the rhetorical questions on page 336?

Elie Wiesel’s use of rhetorical questions helps make his essay interact with the reader. Rhetorical question is where a the writer asks a question, but it is not answered by the writer but by the reader because the answer is straightforward. Writers use these as a way to add effect, emphasis, and provocation. The first example of this rhetorical device is when Elie Wiesel states, “Would this terrible act drive us apart, I asked myself, or draw us together as a nation? (Wiesel 2)”.

Orwell addresses that the reason he started writing came from a young age. “When I was about five or six years old I knew I should be a writer. Between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four, I tried to abandon the idea”(Orwell,1). But eventually, he figures out that he was meant to write books, While Wiesel found his love for writing another way. He started writing to not get mad and to also express himself out of

The author uses rhetorical questions to make the reader think about the subject in depth. Rhetorical questions are put into the article to try to make the reader think rhetorically about the topic. Sometimes these questions can be hard to answer but not the questions put in this article. For example, in the begging the author puts “If someone

The rhetorical purpose of this poem is to explain the emotions of people at the time through an indirect way. The author wanted to say what was on his mind without saying it directly. There are a multitude of great rhetorical patterns. Some of the more noticeable ones are the use of different types of words such as angry words, pain words, gospel words and more. He also uses a common rhyme scheme.

Vladimir Nabokov and George Orwell are two authors who valued the importance of reading and writing, using their experience to educate those who seek improvement. To be an accomplished writer both Nabokov and Orwell go into depth in their beliefs of what makes one. Nabokov focuses on the significance of reading a book with purpose and the points of view every qualified writer should obtain. Meanwhile, Orwell stresses the importance of a writer’s correlation between their work and their childhood; delving into a deeper explanation of four essential key motives to a great writer. Both share their views and experiences with the intent to assist the learning youth of today.

In the worlds created by George Orwell and Annie Proulx, society could be seen as the enemy. The society in Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopia; no civilians are permitted to have any amount of privacy and an act of adultery would be a crime against the leaders if the society: “The Party”. The time setting of Brokeback Mountain, in the 1960s, ensures that the characters sexuality makes them criminals. However Annie Proulx said: “this is not a story about gay cowboys but of destructive, rural homophobia.” Therefore, rather than being stories about ‘forbidden love’ as such, they are stories about the effect of repressive societies on relationships that are considered transgressive. By shunning transgressive relationships, society could be seen as the cause of death of Jack Twist and the death of Winston Smith’s personality.

George Orwell and Robert Delavignette both acted as agents for their imperial empires at the turn of the 20th century. While engaging in the similar task of representing a European dominating power, the two viewed the outcome of their own work in drastically different ways. Orwell believed that his British Empire was trapped in a vicious loop with no positive externalities, while Delavignette believed that his French Empire was on the vanguard of creating the future of government and administration. Interestingly, the core of their arguments seem to be similar, that the power of their respective empire’s was not as mighty as popular opinion may have suggested, and that, in turn, the colonized people had a greater influence than expected.

Every writer has their own signature writing style. However, few get recognized for their literary brilliance. George Orwell stands out as one of the few authors that has withstood the test of time through his literary works. Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known as George Orwell, started his path of excellence, not as a writer, but as a part of the British Imperial Police. Stationed in Burma, Orwell gained much insight on life through his experiences with the Burmese people. His stories inspired one of his first works, “Burmese Days.” After his travels in Burma, Orwell focused more on society in Europe. He gained interest in politics through serving in wars and broadcasting propaganda through a radio channel. Many of Orwell writings confronted his concerns about imperialism. Readers thrived on his eye-opening novels and essays. Such insightful literature has earned Orwell a name as one of the greatest political authors of all time. This not only comes from the content of his literature, but also from the style in which he writes. This has led to the creation of the “Orwellian” style, in which one would write like Orwell in modeling his content and form. His focus on politics in his literature appears in most of his essays and novels. This content of anti-imperialism has led him to be globally known as one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century and has been noted as the second greatest author since 1945 by